Pushing to Find Subjects On Rainy Days.

One of my long time peeves has been rainy days while on vacation and losing camera time with my nieces and nephews. I only get to see them once a year and have to make the most of it. One tactic I have used over and over when they were young is pointing out something outside to get them near a window. Have your camera ready, you will only have a few seconds before they turn to you asking 'where?!"



Another favorite of mine in heavy rain is to get some shots of rain falling along an eave. This one just happened to get framed nicely by a screen door.


The above pictures were all taken with the Kodak DX 6490. I wasn't afraid of taking it out in the rain, but didn't want top push it unnecessarily. And it was compact enough to fit under the peak of my ball cap when shooting. Now with the 1000D that isn't an option. So I have to play around and find new ways to make the most of rainy days.

As anyone who watched the Canadian Grand Prix Formula 1 race yesterday could see, we had a bit of rain here in Montreal. While the race was red flagged during the hardest part of the downpour, I took the camera out back on the covered balcony and practiced focusing with the telephoto lens and doing multiple shot bursts.

This photo is a little grainy . I had the ISO jacked to 1600 because I wanted a fast shutter speed, but found it was a little dark under the storm clouds. This is shot from 3.4 m ( 10 ft ) away with the telephoto. As always click on the photos for a larger view. And yes, that is a single dog hair in the bottom left hand corner. From 10 ft away.